Great Britain's Ben Lake, right, celebrates his sides second goal scored past goaltender Thatcher Demko of the US, left, during the Ice Hockey World Championships group A match between the United States and Great Britain at the Steel Arena in Kosice, Slovakia, Wednesday, May 15, 2019.

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Norway's Mathias Trettenes checks Swiss Joel Genazzi, from left, during the Ice Hockey World Championships group B match between Switzerland and Norway at the Ondrej Nepela Arena in Bratislava, Slovakia, Wednesday, May 15, 2019.

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Goaltender Thatcher Demko of the US after failing to make a save during the Ice Hockey World Championships group A match between the United States and Great Britain at the Steel Arena in Kosice, Slovakia, Wednesday, May 15, 2019.

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Great Britain's Ben Davies, right, reaches for the puck during the Ice Hockey World Championships group A match between the United States and Great Britain at the Steel Arena in Kosice, Slovakia, Wednesday, May 15, 2019.

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Alex Debrincat of the US, right, celebrates with teammates Patrick Kane, left, and Derek Ryan, center, after scoring his sides fourth goal during the Ice Hockey World Championships group A match between the United States and Great Britain at the Steel Arena in Kosice, Slovakia, Wednesday, May 15, 2019.

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Great Britain's Brett Perlini, right, celebrates with teammates after scoring his sides second goal during the Ice Hockey World Championships group A match between the United States and Great Britain at the Steel Arena in Kosice, Slovakia, Wednesday, May 15, 2019.

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Great Britain's Ben Davies, 2nd right, reaches for the puck during the Ice Hockey World Championships group A match between the United States and Great Britain at the Steel Arena in Kosice, Slovakia, Wednesday, May 15, 2019.

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Swiss players react after scoring during the Ice Hockey World Championships group B match between Switzerland and Norway at the Ondrej Nepela Arena in Bratislava, Slovakia, Wednesday, May 15, 2019.

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Swiss players react after scoring during the Ice Hockey World Championships group B match between Switzerland and Norway at the Ondrej Nepela Arena in Bratislava, Slovakia, Wednesday, May 15, 2019.

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Russia's players react after scoring during the Ice Hockey World Championships group B match between Russia and Italy at the Ondrej Nepela Arena in Bratislava, Slovakia, Wednesday, May 15, 2019.

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Russia's players and supporters celebrate after scoring during the Ice Hockey World Championships group B match between Russia and Italy at the Ondrej Nepela Arena in Bratislava, Slovakia, Wednesday, May 15, 2019.

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Ryan Sutter of the US, left, checks Great Britain's Ben Davies, right, during the Ice Hockey World Championships group A match between the United States and Great Britain at the Steel Arena in Kosice, Slovakia, Wednesday, May 15, 2019.

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Germany's Leon Draisaitl, back, celebrates with teammate Korbinian Holzer, front, after scoring his sides winning goal during the Ice Hockey World Championships group A match between the United States and Great Britain at the Steel Arena in Kosice, Slovakia, Wednesday, May 15, 2019.

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Patrick Kane sets US-scoring record at world championship

The Associated Press

KOSICE, Slovakia (AP) — Patrick Kane scored a goal and had two assists to become the United States' all-time leading scorer at the world hockey championship in 6-3 win over Britain on Wednesday.

The three-time Stanley Cup champion and two-time Olympian finished the game with 36 points, surpassing the 33 points U.S. Hockey Hall of Famer Mark Johnson had in the tournament. Johnson led the Americans with 11 goals when they won Olympic gold in 1980.

"It's special when you think of all the great American players, all the kids that grow up in the USA, dreaming of playing hockey, dreaming of playing for their country," Kane said. "I've really enjoyed this tournament. This is my third time over here. It would be really nice to win it more than anything. The personal achievements and accolades are pretty nice, too."

The Americans won bronze last year at the world championship in Denmark, where Kane had a tournament-high 20 points and was named MVP. Kane's first appeared at the world championship in 2008, when the U.S. was eliminated in the quarterfinals with a loss to Finland.

Kane has helped the U.S. win three straight games in Group A since opening with a loss to the host Slovaks. The Americans have preliminary-round games remaining against Denmark, Germany and Canada.

The British team, which returned to the top division for the first time in 25 years, had a relatively strong showing after losing to Germany by two goals and getting routed by Canada and Denmark. Mike Hammond scored late in the first period to pull Britain into a 1-all tie. The British team scored in each of the three periods against the U.S. after having only one goal and giving up 20 goals in the previous three games.

Switzerland stayed undefeated in Group B as Andreas Ambuhl scored twice in a 4-1 win over Norway. The Swiss will likely be tested as they close the preliminary round against Sweden, Russia and the Czech Republic.

Germany scored twice over the final 1:52 against Slovakia, rallying to win 3-2 to remain the only unbeaten team in Group A.

Leon Draisaitl scored the game-winning game with 27.4 seconds left after Markus Eisenschmid pulled the Germans into a 2-all tie late in the third period.

Alex Ovechkin put the Russians ahead by four goals in the first period against Italy and they went on to win 10-0 in Bratislava, extending a first-place tie with Switzerland in Group B.

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